Read email in text
What do you do if you receive an email that you are not sure about but want to check the contents to see if it is safe? Most email clients will give you the option of reading a message in pure text format. By using text only you prevent any nasties from executing. No HTML bugs, no JavaScript, or other scripts or HTML code can run. In Outlook Express, the option to read in text only is reached by going to the menu Tools-Options-Read. The dialog contains a check box “Read all messages in plain text”. Put a check here before opening suspicious mail. The figure below illustrates the procedure.
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